Case studies

Economic
A key link in the pharma supply chain

For the global pharmaceutical industry, transporting vaccines and medicines...

Social development
Organ transplant flights provide a lifeline in Bra...

Over 7,000 items – organs, tissues, empty special containers or medical tea...

Social development
Airport provides vital community links

The community on Svalbard, halfway between Norway and the North Pole, depen...

Environmental
Precise navigation, precise environment benefits

It may have a somewhat clumsy name: required navigation performance (RNP), ...

Environmental
ASPIRE programme gathers pace and members

The Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE) links 19...

Economic
Alaskan salmon take to the air

Each year, Alaska Air Cargo delivers shipments of Copper River salmon from ...

Social development
Turboprop aircraft key drivers to economic growth

A new generation of quiet, fuel-efficient and rugged turboprop aircraft suc...

Environmental
Powering biofuel research down under

Australia has become one of the world’s most important centres for biofuel ...

Environmental
Wingtip devices

Wingtip devices – the angled extension to the end of some aircraft wings – ...

Environmental
Virgin Australia helps pioneer biofuel research

By 2050, up to 40% of all aviation fuel sources at airports in Australia an...

Economic
Why China relies on air freight

Air freight is the preferred mode of transport for the new global economy’s...

Environmental
Continuous descent approaches

Traditionally, landing aircraft approach a runway by ‘stepping’ down from t...